Balahara Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Challenge - Starting as an unemployed ex Sunday league footballer with no coaching badges, you must travel around the world and win the five major continental club competitions - UEFA Champions League, Copa Libertadores, AFC Champions League, CONCACAF Champions League, CAF Champions League Unemployed clubs in 17.1 database are as follows - Europe (Wolsburg and Sparta Prague cut off here, but you won't be getting those jobs anyway), Asia and Africa, North and South America Rules - Database restrictions - No custom leagues allowed, 'Prevent use of in-game editor' must be ticked and ''disable player attribute masking' must be left unticked. Manager rules - Sunday League reputation with no coaching badges. Attributes can be allocated freely. No international management until challenge is complete. For anyone taking this challenge, good luck to you. Remember to post a pic of your manager profile at the start of the challenge and please provide yearly updates on your progress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahara Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 My manager took just over a month to find the right job, eventually settling with Beijing Beikong in the Chinese second tier. There is ten games to go in the current season and I am five points above relegation places but the previous manager under performed after a quick glance of the squad. Season update and more info about the club will come at the end of season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushtaq Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Keen to give this a crack but don't have the fastest laptop. Could you get by with one or two leagues from each continent and if so which ones would be essential or recommended? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahara Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 Season 2016 - Beijing Beikong - Table I've always wanted to have a lasting save in China and I'm eager to see how the game handles the ever increasing pull the country has on top players. Thankfully I am in a position to test this out as Beikong have a sugar daddy chairman, who tops up the bank balance and keeps it above £9 million no matter the losses. The transfer window was already closed so I set about spending the bosses money on staff and facility upgrades, the latter being needed as Beikong have basic/poor training and youth facilities. I joined with ten matches to play but there was nothing to play for. Five points above the relegation zone and a long way from battling for promotion meant that the season was already over. I didn't do particularly well with the remaining games, going 4W/5D/1L and finishing in 11th place. Next season I will have competition from recently relegated Tianjin and their star striker Freddy Montero, but I am confident of promotion to the Chinese Super League. Season | League | Position | Season Record | Top Scorer | Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 | Chinese First Divison | 11th | 4W 5D 1L | Leke James (15) | Joined with ten matches remaining 2 hours ago, Mushtaq said: Keen to give this a crack but don't have the fastest laptop. Could you get by with one or two leagues from each continent and if so which ones would be essential or recommended? You are able to remove and add leagues to your game at any point so maybe you can use that. South Korea is by far the easiest country to get the Asian Champions League, there is only one choice for Africa and Mexico and Brazil are the ones to go with for North and South American competitions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
poola21 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 started something like this, I had some great careers last 2 years, started from 2nd division South Africa and only managed to do 3 continents, but my challenges were, all the major trophies (national teams included) in a continent and be a legend at your club, and also top the hall of fame on that continent I suggest starting in South Africa and then moving to Asia (K League has the better players, China has the money) and then to North America (Mexico has better talent than MLS and easier transfer rules :D) I took a job at Zhicheng, boy do Quanjian have money Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahara Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share Posted December 3, 2016 Had an annoying bug where foreign player restrictions don't apply in Chinese First Division, so I'm gonna put my pentagon challenge attempt on hold until that is patched. Hopefully will be a more ample selection of teams to manage from the off in the January transfer patch, the only two non-European options you get now are Witbank Spurs and Zhicheng. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurriKANE Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 I finished the Pent on FM 2015, hoping to repeat on 2017. Started off signing with Tianjian TEDA with two games left in the season. Managed to stave off relegation and make the Cup Final. Will update after a full season in charge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stukey Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Giving this one a go. Started in South Africa. Profile pic http://imgur.com/a/4pR1J Went on holiday for a year in the hope that one of the promoted teams would need a manager. No such luck, so waited for the first sacking. Sadly the first sacking was for a team called Royal Eagles, and frankly there is no way I am going to manage a team called the Eagles. So I waited for the next one to come up, and ended up at... This is way more badass than any team with an eagle in their name or on their badge. First season update to follow soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shr3kk__Wpg Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I have decided to give this challenge a try for the second time. Back in FM16 I started out in the Brazilian third division and my intention was to do this challenge, but I grew attached to my club, Cruzeiro, and I never left Brazil. This time, I will remain focused on the task at hand. Starting out with no coaching badges and sunday league experience. Loaded five nations (Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea and England) http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1206575275 I started unemployed and in December I finally got my opportunity to manage with the University Of Pretoria, aka Tuks http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1206575307 I took over the club as they were dead last in the South African National First Division http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1206575339 Finished 12th that first season, but managed 30 points from 17 matches so I would say I did turn the club around. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1206575733 My second season saw us soar to second place, but a loss in the promotion playoff league http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1206575707 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1206588050 My third season saw us with the division and automatic promotion http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1206575680 Our first season in the ABSA Premiership saw us finish a very respectable fifth http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1206575648 The 2020-21 had us winning the title http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1206575621 In 2021-22 we missed out on defending the title but a point http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1206575579 In 2022-23 we once again we runner-ups http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1206575559 and today, the fifth of November 2023, I completed the first segment of this challenge, I won the CAF Champions League with a victory over the defending champions Al-Ahly http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1206575477 So I now have one continental trophy under my belt and I can start looking across the Indian or Atlantic oceans to seek out my second continental win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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